The 0.921" reamer is for 3/4 and 1 ton front axles. I bought a brand new reamer on eBay last November when I re-bushed my GMC 152 front axle. If anyone needs to borrow it, $50 (refunded when it gets back to me) + shipping costs.
'57 GMC 102, Original 347 V8, HydraMatic, 3.08 rear gear, added A/C, disk front brakes, HEI, AFB carb, '98 Honda Black Currant paint. T-boned and totaled 10/13 '52 GMC 152 Stake Bed, Original 228, SM420, added A/C, disk front brakes, '67 Chev 3.55 rear gear. Gets used as a real truck.
The project came with a 292,which I didn't know till I got it home and ran the numbers on it. I thought that was pretty cool, not knowing the extra hassles involved. So I reattached the bellhousing and transmission to mock up the motor mounts. After getting it into position I realized the front crossmember on the chevy chassis was a little different from the GMC member. So 24 rivets later, I have the GMC member mounted into the chevy chassis, using grade 8 bolts. I found that I could grind 2 slots into the rivets head, then air chisel the head off, then air punch the rivets out. Got it down to less than 2 minutes per rivet. Welded up some chassis mounts using some roll bar tubing I got from a friend. Thought the tube would look cool.
It has been stinking hot, 106 today. Not much shop time lately. I did get the steering wheel done though. JB welded the cracks sanded it down, primered it, sanded it down, sprayed it with gloss black epoxy appliance paint.
A few weeks ago I thought I'd pull the head off the 292 motor. Come to find out the head is cracked. Located ahead in Phoenix for a hundred and twenty bucks. Took it up to the Machine Shop in Flagstaff had him do everything to it. Came out nice. Reinstalled it. Still have to set the valves. Bottom end looks to have been rebuilt, hope they did a good job
Haven't done much for a while, but I did get a few things accomplished. I do have the 292 motor installed and hooked up. I found that I did not have to cut or modify the cross member for the transmission there is enough clearance. I may have to fabricate something for a transmission mount, but a friend of mine said I may not need that middle Mount, that the end transmission mount and the motor mounts are enough. I had to modify clutch linkage to get the setup to work properly the fan clears the radiator even though the 292 is longer than the 235 because in the GM the radiator mount is farther forward than the Chevy.
I got my exhaust system installed last week. Because I'm using a 292 engine, I bought a kit for a 67 C10 with a 292. I modified it to work on my truck I had to weld across a piece in for the center hanger and cut and reroute the pipes but I think it came out okay. It was 1/2 the price of the kit for a 235 too.
Today I got my engine started for the first time, that was an exciting moment. Didn't get it up to temperature but let it run for a couple minutes. It purred
